GAOFEN 1-02, 43259
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GAOFEN 1-02, 43259 is a payload satellite owned by GGKGJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 31 Mar 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
DFH
Mission
Operational Civil Imaging
Bus & Motor
CAST-2000, AOCS
Mass
805 kg wet, ~700 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m
Radar Cross Section
4.991 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 18 hours ago
TLE from 18 hours ago
0 GAOFEN 1-02
1 43259U 18031A 25259.09631874 .00000272 00000-0 46426-4 0 9994
2 43259 97.9908 316.8015 0004580 137.3016 222.8550 14.76443705402257Epoch: 2025-09-16T02:18Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-16T02:18:41.939Z)
Latitude
-0.00003°
Longitude
-73.16477°
Altitude
645.944 km
Speed
7.534 km/s
True Right ascension
21h 07m 12s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
13:23:56
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
640.835 km
Perigee altitude
634.409 km
Semi-major axis
7,015.759 km
Eccentricity
0.00046
Inclination
97.9908°
RAAN
316.8015°
Arg. of periapsis
137.3016°
True anomaly
222.81932°
Mean anomaly
222.855°
Eccentric anomaly
222.83716°
Mean motion
3.69344 °/min
Orbital period
97.47 mins
BSTAR
0.000046426
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Other satellites on launch #31 in the year 2018 (2018-03-31 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.GAOFEN 1-02 Visibility forecast
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Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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| 5 mins | 2025-09-17 02:52:13.677Z | 102.184° ESE | 2025-09-17 02:54:13.677Z | 71.924° E | 17.471° | 2025-09-17 02:57:13.677Z | 26.028° NE |
| 6 mins | 2025-09-17 04:28:13.677Z | 203.066° SW | 2025-09-17 04:31:13.677Z | 277.895° WNW | 31.936° | 2025-09-17 04:34:13.677Z | 327.827° NNW |
| 6 mins | 2025-09-17 16:19:13.677Z | 44.739° NE | 2025-09-17 16:21:13.677Z | 92.204° ESE | 31.969° | 2025-09-17 16:25:13.677Z | 166.122° S |
| 4 mins | 2025-09-17 17:56:13.677Z | 317.699° NNW | 2025-09-17 17:57:13.677Z | 300.93° NW | 17.651° | 2025-09-17 18:00:13.677Z | 254.136° W |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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